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VB6 vs VB.NET controls
This section describes the differences between VB6 and .NET controls and the problems you can find in migrating VB6 applications with user-interface. The differences that are common to most controls are described in the
Controls (general)
section.
For a list of differences between VB6 and VB.NET language, see
here
.
Controls (general)
Align property
Appearance property
AutoRedraw property
BackColor property
Caption property
ClipControls property
Color values
Container property
Control accelerator keys
Control arrays
Control variables
Coordinate systems in forms with menus
CurrentX, CurrentY properties
Data binding
Default form instances
Default form instances (assignments)
Drag-and-drop features
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
Font inheritance
Font object
Font property (assignments)
Font-related properties
Form chaining
Form reuse
Forms collection
GotFocus and LostFocus events
Graphic-related properties and methods
hDC property
Help formats
Help-related properties and methods
hWnd property
Image and Picture properties
Index property
KepPress event
Left, Top, Height, and Width properties
Locked property
MouseDown, MouseMove, and MouseUp events
MousePointer and MouseIcon properties
Paint event
Parent property
Print method
RightToLeft property
Scale, ScaleX, and ScaleY methods.
ScaleMode, ScaleLeft, ScaleTop, ScaleWidth, and ScaleHeight properties
SetFocus method
TabIndex property
ToolTipText property
Transparent controls (Label and Image)
Validate event
ZOrder method
Form object
Activate and Deactivate events
BackColor property
BorderStyle property
Controls collection
Controls.Add method
FontTransparent property
ForeColor property
Hide methods
MaxButton, MinButton
MdiChild property
Moveable property
Palette and PaletteMode properties
Popup method (context menu)
PrintForm method
QueryUnload event
Resize event
Show method
Show method (MDI child forms)
StartUpPosition property
TextWidth and TextHeight methods
ValidateControls method
Visible property
MDIForm object
Arrange method
AutoShowChildren property
ActiveForm property
BackColor property
Click, DblClick, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp
Picture property
ScrollBars property
UserControl object
AccessKeys property, AccessKeyPress event
Ambient property and AmbientChanged event
AsyncRead and CancelAsyncRead methods, AsyncReadComplete and AsyncReadProgress events
CanPropertyChange and PropertyChanged methods
ContainedControls collection
ContainerHwnd property
DataMember property
EnterFocus, ExitFocus events
EventsFrozen method
Extender property
HitBehavior property, HitTest event
HyperLink property
KeyPreview property
Locked and Size properties
Hide and Show events
InvisibleAtRuntime property
Palette and PaletteMode properties
ParentControls collection
Picture property
PropertyPages property
Runtime-only properties
Menu control
Top-level menus, drop-down menus, and separators
Caption property
Click event
NegotiatePosition property
Shortcut property
Visible property
Label control
Alignment property
Appearance and BorderStyle properties
AutoSize property
BackStyle property
Caption property
Change event
WordWrap property
TextBox control
Alignment property
Appearance and BorderStyle properties
Change event
Locked property
PasswordChar property
ScrollBars property
SelStart, SelLength, and SetText properties
Text property
CheckBox and OptionButton controls
Alignment property
Appearance property
Click event
Picture and Style properties
TabStop behavior (OptionButton only)
Value property
CommandButton control
Appearance property
Cancel and Default properties
Click event
DownPicture and DisabledPicture properties
MaskColor and UseMaskColor properties
Picture and Style properties
Value property
ListBox control
AddItem method
Clear method
Click event
Columns property
DblClick event
ItemCheck event
ItemData property
List property
ListCount property
ListIndex property
MultiSelect property
NewIndex property
RemoveItem method
Scroll event
SelCount property
Selected property
Style property
ComboBox control
AddItem method
Change event
Clear method
Click event
ItemData property
List property
ListCount property
ListIndex property
Locked property
NewIndex property
RemoveItem method
Scroll event
SelStart, SelLength, and SetText properties
SetFocus method
Text property
TopIndex property
Frame control
BorderStyle property
PictureBox control
Appearance and BorderStyle properties
AutoSize property
Change event
Container functionality
KeyDown and KeyUp events
Picture property
Image control
Picture property
Stretch property
HScrollBar and VScrollBar controls
Change event
LargeChange property
Min and Max properties
Scroll event
DriveListBox control
Click event
Scroll event
TopIndex property
DirListBox control
List, ListCount, and ListIndex properties
Scroll event
FileListBox control
Scroll event
Timer control
Interval property
Timer event
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